Lennart Daléus (born 25 June 1946) is a

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politician, who was the leader of the Swedish Centre Party from 1998 to 2001. Born in

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

, Daléus was the leader of the Option 3 campaign for the 1980 referendum on nuclear power in Sweden. Following his stint as Centre Party leader, he was the general secretary of

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Sweden and the CEO of Greenpeace Scandinavia from 2002 until August 2008. In 2006 he disclosed that he was no longer a member of the Centre Party, as he did not believe that his work for Greenpeace was congruent with being active in a political party. He also criticised the party for its decreased interest in environmental issues.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Daleus, Lennart 1946 births Living people Centre Party (Sweden) politicians Leaders of political parties in Sweden Politicians from Stockholm People associated with Greenpeace